
Director
Dennis Gansel
Born 1973 · Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German film director, writer and actor. Gansel was born in 1973 in Hanover, Germany. He grew up in East Berlin and started making films when he was 17. Gansel worked in the festivals for film and television and with disabled people. During this time, he prepared himself for film school. He studied at Munich Film School HFF where he studied for 5 years. Gansel is best known for directing The Wave and his following project; the vampire film We Are The Night, which starred Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt. Other than directing, Gansel has also tried acting. He has had several small roles in his own movies as wells as others. Gansel frequently casts Max Riemelt in his films and frequently works with editor Jochen Retter and composer/musician Heiko Maile. His favourite director is Sydney Pollack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Gansel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed

The Wave
Director · 2008

Mechanic: Resurrection
Director · 2016

The Tank
Director · 2025

Before the Fall
Director · 2004

Das Boot
Director · 2018

We Are the Night
Director · 2010

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Director · 2018

Girls on Top
Director · 2001

The Fourth State
Director · 2012

Jim Button and the Wild 13
Director · 2020
Living Dead
Director · 1997

Berlin, I Love You
Director · 2019

Das Phantom
Director · 2000
The Wrong Trip
Director · 1996
Im Auftrag des Herrn
Director
Grim Night
Director

